Mavericks 3 - 0 los_cuatesguadalaja (263986460)

1754 spectators had found their way to HQ Stadium, despite the heavy rain. Louis Baxter was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rui Pedro Viseu and Vytaliy Vepric. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Mavericks. They fielded: Pacheco - Casados, Camacho, Mata - Lazcano, Carrasquilla, Cuesta, Echave - Mendieta, Alarcón, Estevané.

los_cuatesguadalaja tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: De la Peña - García, Nosti, Chávez, Peña Lorca - Anaya, Velázquez, Taboada, Cruz - Jaso, Legal.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Mavericks. With 20 minutes played F. Mendieta almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. 33 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Mavericks was F. Mendieta. 35 minutes into the game, Mavericks had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable. With 37 minutes played, Mavericks's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to F. Lazcano he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 2 - 0. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Mavericks enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 65 percent of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Mavericks had solid organisation. A foul called during a los_cuatesguadalaja counterattack resulted in a great chance to score, but N. García's shot rattled off the post. Mavericks put themselves up 3 - 0 when G. Cuesta broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. 57 minutes into the game, Mavericks seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 63 minutes, Mavericks tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. G. Alarcón's curling free kick almost found the goal for Mavericks, but the visitors' keeper somehow managed to get ahold of it. Possession in this half belonged to Mavericks, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

The most dominating Mavericks player was without a doubt M. Carrasquilla. A. Camacho on the other hand, had a terrible day. J. Legal performed admirably for los_cuatesguadalaja. On the other hand, F. Jaso's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 0.